Grant Clifton

There are many unforeseen events that happen in our everyday lives that can cause money stress, sleepless nights, relationship issues and, in extreme cases, depression...

The past two to three years have seen the housing market in Auckland set a whole pile of new records. Record prices, record numbers of...

There is no doubt whatsoever that it has become very difficult for first home buyers to get onto the wider Auckland property ladder. The rate...

We often hear the term ‘fiscal responsibility’ bandied around in the media with regards to government and local government spending, but what does it actually...

As I write this edition of Money, the country is about to go to the polls and vote for who should run the country for...

There is always one thing certain in life and that is constant change. The finance world has certainly seen a lot of change over the...

Over the holidays, around the BBQ, the talk inevitably turns to property and what will happen to prices in 2017. Will there be a crash...

By Grant Clifton, Countrywise Financial With the Reserve Bank rules now firmly in place requiring a minimum of 20 per cent deposit for a house...

By now you are like most and back at work after the Christmas New Year break and thinking, ‘wow that went so fast, I wish...

Every week I see clients to arrange finance for buying houses, investing in business and various other purchases. I get to see peoples finances up...